Medical marijuana takes city to new sales tax high

[kentuck]

http://www.gazette.com/articles/marijuana-105987-city-medical.html

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While El Paso County deals with a lawsuit over a ballot measure to ban medical marijuana businesses, the city of Colorado Springs is laughing all the way to the bank.

The August sales of medical marijuana and marijuana-infused products generated $56,991 in sales tax revenue for the city, a record high and a nearly 12 percent increase from July.

So far this year, the city has collected nearly $325,000 in sales tax revenue from the medical marijuana industry – almost three times the amount collected all of last year.

“I think this provides a little more evidence to us that we should let the industry continue and see how it works in our community and not shut it down prematurely,” Mayor Lionel Rivera said Thursday of the latest sales tax numbers.


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[otohara]

1. Maybe CS Can Turn Street Lights Back On

thanks to MMJ.

[Romulox]

2. Once it's legal in Ca, the floodgates will be opened.

I fully expect it to be legalized in Michigan via voter initiative in the next 10 years, if it passes in Ca.

[ensho]

3. kick

nt